Introductory session with the National Armaments Director
In this one-off session the Committee will examine the roles and responsibilities of the recently created National Armaments Director (NAD) and the National Armaments Director Group (NADG). Since 1 April 2025, the Ministry of Defence has been restructured to operate under four groups, known as the Quad, consisting of:
- a department of state responsible for policy, strategic direction, and overall outcomes and delivery;
- a Military Strategic Headquarters, focusing on force design and delivery of the Armed Forces;
- the Defence Nuclear Enterprise (DNE), uniting all defence nuclear activity including the Submarine Delivery Agency (SDA) and AWE; and,
- the National Armaments Director Group, combining Defence Equipment & Support (DE&S), the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO), the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL), Defence Digital and other parts of Defence including commercial, international collaboration and exports.
The session will focus on a range of topics, such as budgeting, equipment delivery and in-service support; as well as examining the relationship between parts of the Quad, including how resources flow through the ‘Invest, Readiness and Operate’ functions - of which the NADG is responsible for the Invest element.